How Do I Get My Yahoo E-mail Unblocked Immediately?

I could not access my e-mail and I am certain the answer I gave to the prompting question was correct, but I was told it has been blocked.

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Answer #1: Posted by SoCalWoman on July 31st, 2013 7:12 AM

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The most common, and likely, reason your Yahoo Account was locked is probably due to:

3 or more failed attempts to sign in to your account. The account locks for 24 hours as a security measure to protect it from unauthorized access when this occurs. This lock is in place to protect you, regardless of who is attempting to access your account.

Unfortunately, the lock will not be lifted until the time period has passed.

You can use the Yahoo! Password Helperagain to recover your password once your account is unlocked. However, since you were not able to answer the security question as it appears in your account, you may want to use the "Account may have been Compromised" option and provide the alternate information within your account. (ie: Alternate email address, birthday, country of residence, postal code, etc).

Please note: Yahoo Customer Care can help if your account is locked for more than 24 hours, but can't provide information about how or when it was locked.

You may choose one of the following options to contact Yahoo:

http://io.help.yahoo.com/contact/index?y=PROD_MAIL_ML&locale=en_US&page=contact&srcContact=acct_care#comm-form

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